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and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture why republicans so worried about the united nations taking over our government and they really think a defunct nonprofit group helped steal the election for president obama all that more in tonight's lone liberal rumble and thousands of men women and children die every year as a result of senseless and completely preventable gun violence but have we become a nation that's afraid to talk about guns and to create the laws that are needed to effectively regulate that will protect american lives. you need to know this paranoid delusions swept the floor of the united states senate on tuesday as a group of republican senators blocked ratification of a u.n. treaty to help disabled people around the planet the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities requires signatory u.n. nations to provide for disabled populations in the exact same way as does the american one nine hundred ninety americans with disabilities act the treaty would require absolutely no changes to current u.s. law suite already passed the american americans with di
and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture why republicans so worried about the united nations taking over our government and they really think a defunct nonprofit group helped steal the election for president obama all that more in tonight's lone liberal rumble and thousands of men women and children die every year as a result of senseless and completely preventable gun violence but have we become a nation that's afraid to talk about guns and to create the laws that are needed to...
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the idea of being part of an international peacekeeping body we continue vigorously to support the united nations they wrote in their platform john bolton's head is exploding as we speak when it comes to working people the republicans back in the one nine hundred fifty s. knew that as they wrote their party's platform government must have a heart as well as a head that meant they said support for working people they said under the republican administration as our country has prospered so have its people this is as it should be for as president eisenhower said labor is the united states the men and women with their minds their hearts and hands create the wealth that is shared in this country they are america went on to say that prefer the record of performance of the republican administration on behalf of our working men and women goes still further the federal minimum wage has been raised for more than two million workers social security has been extended to an additional ten million workers and the benefits raged for six and a half million the protection of unemployment insurance has bee
the idea of being part of an international peacekeeping body we continue vigorously to support the united nations they wrote in their platform john bolton's head is exploding as we speak when it comes to working people the republicans back in the one nine hundred fifty s. knew that as they wrote their party's platform government must have a heart as well as a head that meant they said support for working people they said under the republican administration as our country has prospered so have...
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the united states or the united nations excuse me elevated the new member status of the palestinian authority what does this move mean for negotiations in the middle east and what's the best way to achieve a two state solution laskar panel in tonight's special bigger picture discussion on the middle east also isn't it a failure of the so-called free market would be a boil companies are allowed to run around polluting our environment at the expense of our health and lives that and more into night's big picture rubble and drones are supposed to be used in combat situations with our enemies and yet we're using them against people in nations that were allies with what kind of precedent are we setting for the future of drone warfare across the globe share my thoughts into that steely take. tonight we have a special bigger picture discussion on the middle east history was made in new york city yesterday as the united nations general assembly approved a resolution that implicitly recognizes palestinian statehood in a vote of one hundred thirty eight to nine with forty one nations abstainin
the united states or the united nations excuse me elevated the new member status of the palestinian authority what does this move mean for negotiations in the middle east and what's the best way to achieve a two state solution laskar panel in tonight's special bigger picture discussion on the middle east also isn't it a failure of the so-called free market would be a boil companies are allowed to run around polluting our environment at the expense of our health and lives that and more into...
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nations susan rice the american ambassador to the united nations after slamming the vote again reiterated the american position that it will not change anything on the ground today grand pronouncements. and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed today's vote should not be misconstrued by any as constituting eligibility for u.n. membership it does not this resolution does not establish that power stein is a state and yet talking to the average israeli on the street largely the response here is muted most israelis i've been talking to are actually by and large ignoring this fundamental and historic occasion which is a far cry from the kind of reaction we witnessing on the streets in palestine oh yes jubilant palestinians have been celebrating a sort of recognition after the un overwhelmingly brought the misstep closer to an independent state activist in filmmaker harry fear explains why the vote was so crucial for them. well this is this there's increased recognition this increase in stages in the united nations is a manifestation of
nations susan rice the american ambassador to the united nations after slamming the vote again reiterated the american position that it will not change anything on the ground today grand pronouncements. and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed today's vote should not be misconstrued by any as constituting eligibility for u.n. membership it does not this resolution does not establish that power stein is a state and yet talking to the...
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nations last week and will recognize that with increased status is a strong reaction from the israeli government the israeli prime minister netanyahu are not that he was approving some three thousand new sick wholeness essentially in an area known as the one which is in these two men the west bank and it does mean that these two areas will be cut off from each other the international criticism came harsh and came quickly we're not hearing that australia is the latest country to summon its ambassador to talk to him over this latest israeli move this doesn't follow announcements by force and bush and sweden that they were considering recalling of their own have bassett is over this announcement from tel aviv we've since heard from paris that they are not going to record their embassador but that the issue is still on the table and to quote the french ministry all options are available britain has also said that it's waiting to see. talks will go before long says the solution but certainly there has been a lot of international condemnation it hasn't as of yet been any official israeli re
nations last week and will recognize that with increased status is a strong reaction from the israeli government the israeli prime minister netanyahu are not that he was approving some three thousand new sick wholeness essentially in an area known as the one which is in these two men the west bank and it does mean that these two areas will be cut off from each other the international criticism came harsh and came quickly we're not hearing that australia is the latest country to summon its...
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country in dimona what we're hearing now is a resolution that has been overwhelmingly passed by the united nations general assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international and inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join in the non proliferation nuclear treaty not as of yet it is off for countries who do have nuclear arms but who are not recognized by this nonproliferation proliferation treaty these resolutions of the united nations are not legally binding but they are important because they reflect world opinion and they certainly carry political weight so this is something that will make television sit up and take notice what we've witnessed ever since the palestinians went to the united nations last week and were recognized with increased status is a strong reaction from the israeli government the israeli prime minister netanyahu or not that he was approving some three thousand new sick wholenes
country in dimona what we're hearing now is a resolution that has been overwhelmingly passed by the united nations general assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international and inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join in the non proliferation nuclear treaty not as of yet it is off for countries who...
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nations susan rice the american ambassador to the united nations after slamming the vote again reiterated the american position that it will not change anything on the ground to be a grand pronouncements. and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed today's vote should not be misconstrued by any as constituting eligibility for u.n. membership it does not this resolution does not establish that power stein is a state and yet talking to the average israeli on the street largely the response here is muted most israelis i've been talking to are actually biologic nori fundamental and historic occasion which is a far cry from the kind of reaction we witnessing on the streets in how it's fine. to towards the palestinian drive a greater independence has changed in the last year let's take european countries for instance you may recall in twenty eleven palestinians sought and finally received membership in the un's cultural agency unesco then the majority of european states either abstain or reject the bid one of the un vote thursday the czech
nations susan rice the american ambassador to the united nations after slamming the vote again reiterated the american position that it will not change anything on the ground to be a grand pronouncements. and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed today's vote should not be misconstrued by any as constituting eligibility for u.n. membership it does not this resolution does not establish that power stein is a state and yet talking to the...
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well internet surveillance will have no borders if the united nations against its way members of the united nations international telecommunications union have agreed to work toward putting in place standards for the internet that would allow ease dropping worldwide the u.n. says allowing spying on a global scale would allow authorities to detect when copyrighted material is transferred this is never raised in concerns of the u.s. house of representatives members say they don't feel right about the u.n. having the power to eavesdrop but this is the same congress that has made cybersecurity a top priority attempting to pass legislation like sopa pipa and most recently which allows the government to wiretap americans overseas for more let's go now to our t correspondent. in new york hi there anna stasia so first off can you tell us more about the un's proposal. well liz definitely sounds like a very scary and quite convoluted story as so of the body we're talking about here is the international telecommunications union the i.t. you this is a specialized agency within the united nations
well internet surveillance will have no borders if the united nations against its way members of the united nations international telecommunications union have agreed to work toward putting in place standards for the internet that would allow ease dropping worldwide the u.n. says allowing spying on a global scale would allow authorities to detect when copyrighted material is transferred this is never raised in concerns of the u.s. house of representatives members say they don't feel right about...
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nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give policy r.t. tel aviv earlier israeli academic miri eisin told my colleague kevin owen the general assembly's decision puts the whole peace process under threat. the majority of israelis including this government by the way have stated clearly that they'd like to see palestine independent and both of us understand that there is a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stop i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way but that is also about politics but of
nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give policy r.t. tel aviv earlier israeli academic miri eisin told my colleague kevin owen the general assembly's decision puts the whole peace process under threat. the majority of israelis including this government by the way have stated clearly that they'd like to see palestine independent and both of us understand...
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nations i believe going to guide the united nations organization as a sort of revenge becomes a their motto is if the palestinians are in they're going to cut funding and you know the u.s. supports all those on an average of twenty five percent of the budget so it's time for iran and what. foresters obama the obama administration to do you don't took place reality and make a choice we're at a crossroads on this issue it's going to be up to obama and the americans to decide which way they're going to go because the international community is frankly. going to have to leave it there i'm afraid but thank you for your thoughts that was very early in dr franklin lamb an international lawyer and political analyst. fellow nobel peace prize laureates don't believe me you deserve to stand side by side with the past winners several previous appeals to man the block is stripped of the award as its bally's don't fit with that of alfred nobel and the ones he had in mind that's ahead for you plus less closes the deal to high tech innovators from abroad despite foreigners previously spearheading the
nations i believe going to guide the united nations organization as a sort of revenge becomes a their motto is if the palestinians are in they're going to cut funding and you know the u.s. supports all those on an average of twenty five percent of the budget so it's time for iran and what. foresters obama the obama administration to do you don't took place reality and make a choice we're at a crossroads on this issue it's going to be up to obama and the americans to decide which way they're...
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nations now we're also hearing criticism of some european ambassadors european diplomats who want to get me going with certain moves against israel now we're also hearing from the un secretary-general ban ki moon to quote him he says that this has developed an immense fatal blow to the remaining each month of securing a two state solution amongst the punishment that the israeli government has taken is that they have frozen some one hundred million dollars in tax money that is all complex on behalf of the palestinian authority has built a painful blow to the p.a. because essentially can only cover around seventeen percent of its needs the rest of the money comes from this tax money comes from the united states and from the european union if you look at the sick the population in this country they too are also unhappy they do not believe that the israeli prime minister netanyahu will go ahead with building these units they believe that it's almost a cheap moves by netanyahu to try and gain support ahead of genuine elections and that this is an internal matter to try and really build vo
nations now we're also hearing criticism of some european ambassadors european diplomats who want to get me going with certain moves against israel now we're also hearing from the un secretary-general ban ki moon to quote him he says that this has developed an immense fatal blow to the remaining each month of securing a two state solution amongst the punishment that the israeli government has taken is that they have frozen some one hundred million dollars in tax money that is all complex on...
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sounds like a kind of futuristic scenario but you're saying that if you just already have i mean the united states national security agency has been doing this for some thirty twenty years but now it's spread to even mid-size nations even gadhafi libya was employing illegal system which is produced by french company emesis. push there in two thousand and nine advertised in its internal documentation as a nationwide interception system so what's happened over the last ten years is. every decreasing cost of intercepting each individual now to the degree where is cheaper to intercept every individual than it is to pick particular people to spy upon and what's the what's the alternative to sort of utopian alternatives that you would put for it so the utopian alternative is to try and gain independence for this for the internet we to sort of clear independence versus the rest of the world and that's really quite important because if you think about what is human civilization that makes it clean to sensually human. and civilized it is our shared knowledge that intellectual knowledge is something
sounds like a kind of futuristic scenario but you're saying that if you just already have i mean the united states national security agency has been doing this for some thirty twenty years but now it's spread to even mid-size nations even gadhafi libya was employing illegal system which is produced by french company emesis. push there in two thousand and nine advertised in its internal documentation as a nationwide interception system so what's happened over the last ten years is. every...
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all sorts of departments national security agency central intelligence agency other organs the united states government are also part of the defense establishment provide support for it you're almost up to a trillion dollars the issue is not the impact on the defense establishment is not going to make any difference in fundamental terms but the impact in local areas places like san diego that depend on billions of dollars of income from the defense industry that's the kind of impact that it will have and you've been in the military for a long time but you have a vantage point that a lot of us don't have are there any specific defense programs that could be cut or even abolished and not science well i think there are i think to be perfectly blunt right now the f. thirty five program is in a lot of trouble there's a lot of struggle inside the program several people have told me that you have got to cancel the f. thirty five b. this is the vertical takeoff and landing version of the f. thirty five to quote unquote save the program there are many people who are prepared to cut it because
all sorts of departments national security agency central intelligence agency other organs the united states government are also part of the defense establishment provide support for it you're almost up to a trillion dollars the issue is not the impact on the defense establishment is not going to make any difference in fundamental terms but the impact in local areas places like san diego that depend on billions of dollars of income from the defense industry that's the kind of impact that it...
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of the united. palestine could have broken the log jam at the security council and turned it over to the general assembly for a two thirds vote in any event i believe they concluded that that would have been a step too far given the diplomatic and political situation so last spring the p.l.o. executive committee that serves as the provisional government for the state of palestine voted to go for un observer state membership along the lines that switzerland used to have i guess until about ten years one finally joined the united nations organization but from the very founding you wait until about ten years ago switzerland was a u.n. observer state and in that capacity was able to join all of the. international organizations treaties including the statue to the international court of justice for let's talk about some of the leverage that palestine now has from the status francis what new status doesn't give an international court you kind of just just touch upon one legal recourses does palestine have
of the united. palestine could have broken the log jam at the security council and turned it over to the general assembly for a two thirds vote in any event i believe they concluded that that would have been a step too far given the diplomatic and political situation so last spring the p.l.o. executive committee that serves as the provisional government for the state of palestine voted to go for un observer state membership along the lines that switzerland used to have i guess until about ten...
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we have more pragmatic goals then uniting the army you were just teaching them the best way to fight this war training essentially because it's really about not so much about you know teaching people how to use rifles and how to use new equipment it's all about really more about indoctrination make up an e.a. one of the children the us uses and as you know very successfully. in short the elites in the countries concerned stay loyal to the u.s. . a lot in terms of foreign policy a state law to them in terms of opening their economies up. to u.s. multinationals who would be and will be very important. for the united states and yes it will start buying american arms and substantial qualities libya's lots and lots of money to spend according to the state department this year along the u.s. spent six point three billion dollars financing foreign armies it argues investing in foreign militaries helps build. better alliances and further american interests abroad from the point of view of the u.s. government of course it's very useful to have other countries militaries integrated into the us
we have more pragmatic goals then uniting the army you were just teaching them the best way to fight this war training essentially because it's really about not so much about you know teaching people how to use rifles and how to use new equipment it's all about really more about indoctrination make up an e.a. one of the children the us uses and as you know very successfully. in short the elites in the countries concerned stay loyal to the u.s. . a lot in terms of foreign policy a state law to...
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well when the israeli ambassador to the united nations one poser put forward his address to the united nations general assembly he was essentially with those entering what has been and continues to be the israeli point of view he said that the palestinian leadership made a mistake in making this but in the first place he said that the resolution was one sided and then it did not in any way address the security concerns that the state of israel has he also said that it would push the peace process forward further backwards rather than move it forward and this is a view that we've heard repeatedly from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he says that the only way forward for a two state solution is direct negotiations at the negotiating table between israelis and palestinians and cannot in any decoration of the state are first having these negotiations going toward a long lasting peace now we have heard already cold calls for sanctions we certainly have heard earlier this week from the israeli foreign minister avigdor lieberman who says that he needs to be an extreme reaction t
well when the israeli ambassador to the united nations one poser put forward his address to the united nations general assembly he was essentially with those entering what has been and continues to be the israeli point of view he said that the palestinian leadership made a mistake in making this but in the first place he said that the resolution was one sided and then it did not in any way address the security concerns that the state of israel has he also said that it would push the peace...
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nations and the u.s. has publicly threatened to cut off financing to international organizations that admit palestine as a member we should remind our viewers that back in two thousand and eleven the u.s. congress cut financing to unesco after it except that palestine was a member there's also a chance that another consequence could be that the u.s. . it's off its funding to the palestinian authority palestine has long sought to establish an independent sovereign state in the west bank which would include eastern roussillon in the gaza strip which is occupied by israel during the one nine hundred sixty seven sixty a war now in one nine hundred ninety three the oslo accord between palestine and israel led to a mutual recognition of a two state solution nearly two decades later a permanent peace settlement hasn't been produced with the latest round of negotiations for making down back in two thousand and ten. of the new york we'll talk more no vote on how the situation the middle east is likely to pan out i
nations and the u.s. has publicly threatened to cut off financing to international organizations that admit palestine as a member we should remind our viewers that back in two thousand and eleven the u.s. congress cut financing to unesco after it except that palestine was a member there's also a chance that another consequence could be that the u.s. . it's off its funding to the palestinian authority palestine has long sought to establish an independent sovereign state in the west bank which...
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nations general assembly that just passed today's grand pronouncements will soon see. and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed but washington's unflinching support for tel aviv has separated from some of its longtime allies in the un more and more countries are turning their back on decades of negotiations that have led nowhere what has changed has been the continual failure of the us controlled so-called peace process to lead to any kind of end to occupation and what i think was the catalyst here is that political pressure on other matters and on the palestinian authority from their own population from their own people who were saying you know what we've had twenty one years of failed diplomacy we're not looking for twenty two we want something different and that something means a real shift in policy first and foremost the consensus on the international stage is that israel needs to stop building settlements deemed illegal by the un certainly be international community are you know is a horse. a provocation w
nations general assembly that just passed today's grand pronouncements will soon see. and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed but washington's unflinching support for tel aviv has separated from some of its longtime allies in the un more and more countries are turning their back on decades of negotiations that have led nowhere what has changed has been the continual failure of the us controlled so-called peace process to lead to any...
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nations organization but from the very founding leader wait until about ten years ago switzerland was a u.n. observer state and in that capacity was able to join all of the. international organizations treaties including the statue to the international court of justice for let's talk about some of the leverage that palestine now has from the status francis what new status doesn't give an international court you kind of just just touch upon what legal recourses does palestine have right now. well there are two in particular the first palestine can become a party to the statute of the international court of justice in the hague the so-called world court of the united nations system and then israel itself and the will court second alliston can now read a five the rome statute or the international criminal court and file a complaint against the highest level officials of the israeli government for war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide you saw one of the reactions of israel to the vote in the general assembly was to immediately announce the construction of more settlements are th
nations organization but from the very founding leader wait until about ten years ago switzerland was a u.n. observer state and in that capacity was able to join all of the. international organizations treaties including the statue to the international court of justice for let's talk about some of the leverage that palestine now has from the status francis what new status doesn't give an international court you kind of just just touch upon what legal recourses does palestine have right now....
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well windies radio best suited to the united nations one pose a. his address to the united nations general assembly he was essentially with the same team what has been and continues to be the israeli point of view he said that the palestinian leadership made a mistake in making this but in the first place he said that the resolution was one sided and it did not in any way it grace the security concerns and that the state of israel has now we have heard already cold calls for sanctions we certainly have heard earlier this week from being israeli foreign minister avigdor lieberman who says that he needs to be an extreme reaction to the palestinians if indeed they go ahead with this food so it means in the recent days and in the recent now was there has been toned down israeli reaction so if we as they sensed that the bug was going to go the direction of the palestinians we know also that the israelis have been scared of making any kind of statements that could be used against him in the future but at the moment in his role the reaction was muted it w
well windies radio best suited to the united nations one pose a. his address to the united nations general assembly he was essentially with the same team what has been and continues to be the israeli point of view he said that the palestinian leadership made a mistake in making this but in the first place he said that the resolution was one sided and it did not in any way it grace the security concerns and that the state of israel has now we have heard already cold calls for sanctions we...
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senate to ratify a united nations treaty aimed at promoting and protecting rights of disabled people in the country and around the world is actually based on this country's own americans with disabilities act signed into law by george h.w. bush in one thousand nine hundred now essentially the ratification of this treaty would be a signal a push to the rest of the world to do what the united states has already done in terms of banning discrimination in terms of making buildings and transportation more accessible to those who for whatever reason need that extra assistance and encourages other countries to be more inclusive but by the way it doesn't change at all any u.s. laws already in place the issue even united to unlikely senators republican senator john mccain and democratic senator john kerry two men who also happen to both be veterans it just shows that you can't discriminate against the disable it. it says that other countries have to do what we did twenty two years ago when we set the example for the world and passed the americans with disabilities act i would remind my collea
senate to ratify a united nations treaty aimed at promoting and protecting rights of disabled people in the country and around the world is actually based on this country's own americans with disabilities act signed into law by george h.w. bush in one thousand nine hundred now essentially the ratification of this treaty would be a signal a push to the rest of the world to do what the united states has already done in terms of banning discrimination in terms of making buildings and...
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nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give the r.t. tel aviv. egypt's you prison court has postponed ruling on the legitimacy of the panel that drafted the country's new constitution after several thousand supporters of president morsi prevented the judges from entering the building morsi has set the date for a referendum on the charter fatigue a week's time and made harsh criticism from opponents who claim the draft undermines basic democratic freedoms artie's tom barton reports from cairo. unrest returns to the streets after the revolution that toppled hosni mubarak after the election that brought in mohamed morsi egypt is in turmoil once again these round the clock protests have been going on for over a week now it resembles early two thousand and eleven when hosni mubarak was removed from power but that was nearly two years ago shouldn't the revolution have ended by now the mood on top risk where became defiant again after last week's to cr
nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give the r.t. tel aviv. egypt's you prison court has postponed ruling on the legitimacy of the panel that drafted the country's new constitution after several thousand supporters of president morsi prevented the judges from entering the building morsi has set the date for a referendum on the charter fatigue a week's...